Mash vs. Smash

Mash and Smash Definitions
Mash
A mixture of malt or other ingredients with water, heated to convert starches into fermentable sugars for use in brewing or distilling.
Smash
To break (something) into pieces suddenly, noisily, and violently; shatter.
Mash
A mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl.
Smash
To render (something) into a mush or pulp, as by throwing or crushing
Smashed the tomatoes against the wall.
Mash
A soft pulpy mixture or mass.
Smash
To strike with a heavy blow or impact
The boxer smashed his opponent in the ribs. The bulldozer smashed down the barricade.
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Mash
Chiefly British Mashed potatoes.
Smash
(Sports) To hit (a ball, puck, or shuttlecock) in a forceful overhand stroke.
Mash
A crushing or grinding.
Smash
To cause to come into forceful contact with something
Stood up and smashed his head against the cabinet door.
Mash
(Slang) An infatuation or act of flirtation.
Smash
To crush or destroy completely
The army smashed the rebellion.
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Mash
To convert (malt or grain) into mash.
Smash
To surpass or outdo by a large margin
Smashed the record for goals in a season.
Mash
To convert into a soft pulpy mass by pounding or crushing
Mash potatoes.
Smash
To move and strike or collide suddenly, noisily, and violently
The car smashed into a tree.
Mash
Chiefly Southern & South Midland US To apply pressure to; press.
Smash
To break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow or collision
The dish smashed when it hit the floor.
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Mash
(Slang) To flirt with or make sexual advances to.
Smash
(Sports) To hit a ball, puck, or shuttlecock in a forceful overhand stroke.
Mash
(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
Smash
To go bankrupt.
Mash
(brewing) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
Smash
A heavy blow or collision
The smash knocked over the signpost.
Mash
(mostly UK) Mashed potatoes.
Smash
(Sports) A forceful overhand stroke, as in tennis or badminton.
Mash
A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
Smash
A violent breaking of something or the noise made by such breaking
There was a loud smash in the kitchen as the dishes fell off the shelf.
Mash
(obsolete) A mess; trouble.
Smash
Total defeat or destruction; ruin.
Mash
(obsolete) A mesh.
Smash
Financial failure; bankruptcy.
Mash
(obsolete) An infatuation, a crush, a fancy.
Smash
A drink made of mint, sugar, soda water, and alcoholic liquor, usually brandy.
Mash
(obsolete) A dandy, a masher.
Smash
A soft drink made of crushed fruit.
Mash
(obsolete) The object of one’s affections regardless of sex.
Smash
(Informal) A resounding success
The play was a smash on Broadway.
Mash
A gun.
Smash
Of, relating to, or being a resounding success
A smash hit on Broadway.
Mash
(transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
We had fun mashing apples in a mill.
The potatoes need to be mashed.
Smash
With a sudden violent crash.
Mash
(transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort.
Smash
The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding.
Mash
(ambitransitive) To press down hard (on).
To mash on a bicycle pedal
Smash
A traffic collision.
The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash.
Mash
To press. en
Smash
(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
This new show is sure to be a smash.
Mash
To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
Smash
(tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
A smash may not be as pretty as a good half volley, but it can still win points.
Mash
To act violently.
Smash
A bankruptcy.
Mash
To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly.
Smash
A disaster; a bad situation.
Mash
To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.
Smash
A mashed foodstuff.
Mash
An abbreviation for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, consisting of the equipment and personnel required to perform emergency operations on injured soldiers, located in tents near the front lines of combat; as, he worked in the 25th MASH.
Smash
A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
Mash
A mesh.
Smash
Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
Mash
A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
Smash
(transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
The demolition team smashed the buildings to rubble.
The flying rock smashed the window to pieces.
Mash
A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
Smash
(intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
The crockery smashed as it hit the floor.
Mash
A mess; trouble.
Smash
(transitive) To hit extremely hard.
He smashed his head against the table.
Bonds smashed the ball 467 feet, the second longest home run in the history of the park.
Mash
To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle.
Smash
To ruin completely and suddenly.
The news smashed any hopes of a reunion.
Mash
A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
Smash
To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
The Indians smashed the Yankees 22-0.
I really smashed that English exam.
Mash
Mixture of ground animal feeds
Smash
To deform through continuous pressure.
I slowly smashed the modeling clay flat with the palm of my hand.
Mash
To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;
Crush an aluminum can
Squeeze a lemon
Smash
To have sexual intercourse with.
Would you smash her?
Mash
Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;
The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
My husband never flirts with other women
Smash
To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces.
Mash
Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
Grind the spices in a mortar
Mash the garlic
Smash
To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke.
Smash
To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.
Smash
A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
Smash
Hence, bankruptcy.
Smash
A vigorous blow;
The sudden knock floored him
He took a bash right in his face
He got a bang on the head
Smash
A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
Smash
A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
Smash
The act of colliding with something;
His crash through the window
The fullback's smash into the defensive line
Smash
A conspicuous success;
That song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
That new Broadway show is a real smasher
The party went with a bang
Smash
Hit hard;
He smashed a 3-run homer
Smash
Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over;
Smash a plate
Smash
Reduce to bankruptcy;
My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
The slump in the financial markets smashed him
Smash
Hit violently;
She smashed her car against the guard rail
Smash
Humiliate or depress completely;
She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
The death of her son smashed her
Smash
Damage or destroy as if by violence;
The teenager banged up the car of his mother
Smash
Hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
Smash
Collide or strike violently and suddenly;
The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail
Smash
Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful);
The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off
Smash
Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow;
The window smashed
Smash
With a loud crash;
The car went smash through the fence